testify!
Inez Andrews (1929-2012), James Cleveland (1931-1991), “I Appreciate,” live
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lagniappe
reading table
Don’t you love the Oxford dictionary? When I first read it I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.
—David Bowie (1947-2016)
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random thoughts
Note to self: Incline, always, toward the light.
three takes
“I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired” (C. Burrell)
Mighty Clouds of Joy, live, South Carolina (Charleston), mid-1990s
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Rev. James Cleveland, live
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The Walden Family 19th Anniversary, live, Georgia (Camilla), 2013
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lagniappe
random thoughts
No delusion is more stubborn than the notion you are alive.
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art beat: more from the Art Institute’s Hiroshige exhibit (see Thursday’s post)
Seki—No. 48, c. 1847-1852
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Heavy Snow, mid-1840s
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Kameyana, Weather Clearing After Snow, c. 1833-34
Sometimes you can’t help but shout (3:05-).
Rev. James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir (with guest Albertina Walker), live, Chicago, 1972*
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Life isn’t short. It isn’t long, either. It’s nothing more, or less, than a series of moments, each beyond measure.
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*That same year Rev. Cleveland and his choir backed Aretha Franklin on Amazing Grace.
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